Lyle Rossman Memorial Senior Scholarship Fund

Lyle Rossman Memorial Senior Scholarship Fund

Lyle Rossman

You are invited to an event on Sunday, October 7, 2018:
Sunday, October 7, 2018, 5-7 p.m.
15 South 1 st Street, Garden Room
Minneapolis MN. 55401

Please note that there were 59 LGBTQ applicants for the Lyle Rossman Memorial Senior
Scholarship Award last year. As far as we have determined, this is the only Senior
scholarship in the U.S. for LGBTQ people; which has made a strong point of ensuring multi-
cultural diversity in its awards. Lyle is pictured (above).
Our speaker will be Dr. Wallace Swan. He is one of the initial
implementers of the Youth Scholarship program (now administered by PFund) which has
resulted in granting over $700,000 in scholarships for LGBTQ youth; and he has worked for
a number of years on implementing this Lyle Rossman Memorial Senior Scholarship
program…He has also served as a past member and officer of the Minneapolis Board of
Estimate and Taxation; and is Chair of the American Society for Public Administration LGBT
Advocacy Action Alliance Section.
In addition, we will have a free light dinner with refreshments for all who attend. If you plan
to attend, please send an email to swanx009@umn.edu so that we have adequate food and
refreshments on hand; or just drop in at the last minute, because we always have plenty of
food …

If you are unable to attend, you can still give a tax deductible donation by making out a check to PFund– Rossman Memorial Scholarship and sending it to
PFund, 2801 21 st Avenue South, Suite 132B, Minneapolis, MN. 55407

This can be a single gift, or you can set up a monthly gift for the scholarship.
Thank you for helping with the Lyle Rossman Senior Memorial Scholarship!

Wally Swan Speaking Engagements

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I spoke in Milwaukee Wisconsin at the Midwest Public Affairs conference on Saturday, July 11th about the “backlash” to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

On Sunday, July 12th, I will be speaking at a Minnesota 2nd Congressional District Forum on how Minnesota has fared in recent human rights legislation and what the future might hold.

On July 15th I will be speaking at the Xcel Energy Diversity organization on the 2015 book on the future of the LGBT movement after marriage. 

I am prexenting a paper in September on the backlash to the US Supeme Court decision. This will be in Charleston, South Carolina at the Southeastern Public Administration Conference.

Free Dinner Sunday, Rossman Scholarship

Lyle Rossman
Lyle Rossman

FREE DINNER SUNDAY!

We would like to invite you to an event this coming Sunday:

Sunday, February 22, 2015,

5-7 p.m.

Towers Condominiums Garden Room,

Minneapolis MN. 55401

This event will have two major speakers at this, our Second Annual Event:

Trina Olson, PFund Executive Director—who will talk about the PFund Scholarship funds (for youth and seniors) that were initiated by Lyle Rossman. The youth scholarship has raised over $485,000.
Angel Benes is the PFund 2014 Lyle Rossman Memorial Scholarship Award Recipient. The scholarship award recognizes an outstanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or allied student for their courage, community leadership and service and academic achievement who is a nontraditional age student or over the age of 65 or studying LGBT aging issues.
In addition, we will have a light dinner with refreshments for all who attend. If you plan to attend, please send us an email at swanx009@umn.edu so that we have adequate food and refreshments on hand. If you would like to bring something to share, let us know as well. If you have already donated this year, we would still like to have you attend. And if you want to come at the last minute, please do so!

If you are unable to attend, you can give a tax deductible donation by:

(1) Sending a check in the enclosed envelope made out to PFund–Rossman Memorial Scholarship

(2) Donating online at www.pfundonline.org/scholarships.html, put “Rossman Memorial Scholarship” in the dedication line. This can be a single gift, or you can set up a monthly gift for the scholarship.

Thank you for considering helping with the Lyle Rossman Memorial Scholarship. Sincerely,

Wally Swan and Tim Bonham

Rossman Scholarship Dinner Sunday

Lyle Rossman
Lyle Rossman

We would like to invite you to an event this coming Sunday:

Sunday, February 22, 2015,

5-7 p.m.

Towers Condominiums Garden Room,

Minneapolis MN. 55401

This event will have two major speakers at this, our Second Annual Event:

  1. Trina Olson, PFund Executive Director—who will talk about the PFund Scholarship funds (for youth and seniors) that were initiated by Lyle Rossman. The youth scholarship has raised over $485,000.
  2. Angel Benes is the PFund 2014 Lyle Rossman Memorial Scholarship Award Recipient. The scholarship award recognizes an outstanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or allied student for their courage, community leadership and service and academic achievement who is a nontraditional age student or over the age of 65 or studying LGBT aging issues.

In addition, we will have a light dinner with refreshments for all who attend. If you plan to attend, please send us an email at swanx009@umn.edu so that we have adequate food and refreshments on hand. If you would like to bring something to share, let us know as well. If you have already donated this year, we would still like to have you attend. And if you want to come at the last minute, please do so!

If you are unable to attend, you can give a tax deductible donation by:

(1)  Sending a check in the enclosed envelope made out to PFund–Rossman Memorial Scholarship

(2)  Donating online at www.pfundonline.org/scholarships.html, put “Rossman Memorial Scholarship” in the dedication line. This can be a single gift, or you can set up a monthly gift for the scholarship.

Thank you for considering helping with the Lyle Rossman Memorial Scholarship. Sincerely,

Wally Swan and Tim Bonham

Social Equity and L.G.B.T. Rights in the 21st Century

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Wally Swan will be presenting a paper at the American Society for Public Administration national conference  in Chicago, Illinois. The paper on “Ethics and L.G.B.T. Issues” will be presented as part of a panel entitled “Social Equity and L.G.B.T. Rights in the 21st Century” on Monday, March 9th. The author has taken the United Nations’ Human Development Index and correlated it with a special run (sexual orientation and gender orientation/identity) of the U.S. State Department’s “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” to yield some fascinating insights about which countries are both quality places to live while at the same time having an excellent set of L.G.B.T. rights.

Official Book Launch, Hamline University, 10/17, 3:30-5:00

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On this Friday,October 17th,you are invited to the official book launch of “Gay,Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Civil Rights: A Public Policy Agenda for Uniting a Divided America” at Hamline University, East Hall, 3:30-5:00 pm., 2nd floor HSB Conference Room. Use the 50% promo code “KWN 22” for special pricing for the book launch!

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Civil Rights: A Public Policy Agenda for Uniting a Divided America (CRC Press, October 3, 2014) is the only book from a leading publisher that provides information about what comes next for the LGBT community after marriage in 30+  states; as well as defining how we may achieve equality in the 30+ states, many of which have no protections for LGBT people regarding housing, education, anti-bullying, transgender rights and workplace activity. 

If you are interested in obtaining the book from the publisher, you can go to http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466567337.